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Letter from America: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)
By BBC Radio 4Society & Culture
Letter from America: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s) episodes
- William Kapell (1922-1953)
A tribute to American Pianist William Kappell, the best pianist of his generation, and what music means to Americans.
14 min - Television in America, 1951
How a new daily diet of television in America is changing people's lives, as reported by Alistair Cooke.
14 min - A fragment from 1947
A fragment preserved from Cooke's talk, reflecting on the importance of democratic capitalism and a free economy to Americans.
5 min
About Letter from America: The Early Years (1940s, 1950s and 1960s)
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The assassinations of John F Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy through to Vietnam and America’s shame at the My Lai massacre. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through…
the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).
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